Question

Following is the list of temperatures of five places in India, on a particular day of the year.

Place	Temperature
Siachin	$10°\mathrm{C}$ below $0$ degrees
Shimla	$2°\mathrm{C}$ below $0$ degrees
Ahmedabad	$30°\mathrm{C}$ above $0$ degrees
Delhi	$20°\mathrm{C}$ above $0$ degrees
Srinagar	$5°\mathrm{C}$ below $0$ degrees

Which is the coolest place?

Answer 1

Identify the coolest place

We know that the coolest place has lowest temperature.

The given data is plotted on number line as follows:

In the given temperature of places, the temperature which is lowest is $-10°\mathrm{C}$ as it lies on the extreme left of $0$ on the number line.

Hence, the coolest place is Siachin.